ATLANTA, Feb. 8, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP (MMM) has committed to sponsor programming honoring Black History Month, February 2006, on two Atlanta public broadcasting stations -- WPBA Channel 30 and WABE-FM, 90.1 FM.
MMM is the exclusive law firm sponsor of all feature programming throughout the month. This includes 17 programs, including "African-American Lives," a four-part series showing how DNA testing helped trace the heritage of several distinguished African-Americans, including Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, and Chris Tucker.
"Underwriting this wonderful programming is a great way to show our support for public broadcasting, and also to show the firm's support for diversity in the workplace," said James "Mac" Hunter, a Partner with the firm.
Last November, Morris, Manning & Martin also sponsored the presentation of Rx For Survival -- A Global Health Challenge, a series which aired over three nights.
"With tremendous response and positive feedback from our previous sponsorship effort, this is a proud undertaking by the firm," said Morris, Manning & Martin Managing Partner Bob Saudek.
In addition to African-American Lives, public broadcasting's Black History Month programming includes:
-- America Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
-- Independent Lens - "Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black
Power"
-- Summer Hill
-- The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
-- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
-- Ernest J. Gaines: Louisiana Stories
-- American Experience - "Reconstruction: The Second Civil War"
-- Fannie Lou Hamer: Courage and Faith
-- Independent Lens - "July '64"
-- Slavery and the Making of America
-- The Quiltmakers of Gee's Bend
-- Harlem Renaissance
-- American Masters - "Ray Charles: The Genius of Soul"
-- Ray Charles and his Trio: Live at the Olympia
-- Independent Lens - "Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation under a
Groove"
-- American Masters - "Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong"
-- Independent Lens - "A Place of Our Own: Black Resort
Communities"
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP (www.mmmlaw.com) enjoys national prominence for its corporate finance, securities, litigation, technology, telecommunications, insurance, healthcare, environmental and real estate practices. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, and Princeton.